Tie-holder.



No.. 888,360. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. L. K. SONE.

TIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16, 1906.

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LOUIS K. SONE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed October 16, 1906. Serial No. 339,170.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS K. some, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tie-Holder, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to tie holders, and the object of the inventionis to produce a device of this class which will be of simpleconstruction and easily attached in position so as to prevent thenecktie from moving in any direction from its proper position.

The invention consists 1n the construction and arrangement of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the preferred form of the device, andrepresenting, in dotted lines, a tie to which the device is supposed tobe applied, the parts being represented in the relation which theyassume when the device is in practical use; Fig. 2 is a pers' ectiveshowing a slight modification of the orin shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is aperspective showing another form of the device which is especiallyadapted for being worn with collars of certain style; Fig. 4 is aperspective showing another modified form of the invention and Fig. 5 isa front elevation of the preferred form.

Before proceeding to a detailed description of the device, it mayfacilitate the disclosure to state at the outset that it is preferablyconstructed of a piece of wire bent to the required form. This wire ispreferably resilient and may be of any material desired. In forming thedevice, the wire is bent around so as to form a yoke or socket 1 whichpresents a downwardly disposed contracted throat or opening 2. Belowthis throat the material is bent outwardly so as to resent inclinedextensions or lips 3 and 4. Beyond the lip 3 the material is bent backupon itself and it is formed into a substantially horizontal lateralextension or arm 5. At its outer end this arm is bent around andinwardly so as to form a tongue 6 which projects substantiallyhorizontally and toward the space before the yoke or socket 1. Theextremity of this tongue 6 is pointed as shown so that it may readilypierce the ma terial of the tie when being applied. The lower extremityof the extension 4 is doubled upon itself, as indicated in Fig. 1, so asto form a finger piece 7, and beyond this finger piece the material isbent laterally so as to present an outwardly and upwardly rojectingshank 8. At its extremity this s hank is bent upwardly and inwardly withrespect to the central portion of the device, until its point rests justoutside of the point of the tongue 6. In this way the device is made topresent a spur 9 projecting in a direction toward the tongue 6 anddisposed before the socket. It will be seen that the point of the spurand the point of the tongue lie near together and extend at an angle toeach other, the point of the tongue being slightly above the point ofthe spur and outside thereof with respect to the socket; both points areopposite the socket.

The manner of using the device is clearly shown in Fig. 1. In thisconnection it should be understood that the yoke or socket 1 is forceddownwardly over the shank of the collar button at the front of thecollar so that the shank of the collar button passes through theprotracted throat 2 into the yoke. The fastening of the device in thisway is much assisted by the lips 3 and 4 which guide the shank of thecollar button through the throat. The device may be attached before orafter the tie is put on. After the bow has been formed, it' is turnedupwardly and ones finger is applied to the tongue 6 so as to force thesame outwardly, as indicated by dotted outline in Fig. 1. The tie isthen manipulated so as to force the point of the tongue 6 into thematerial of the tie preferably at the back of the bow. The tongue 6 isthen released and the resiliency of the tongue operates so that itsprings back into its place im aling the material, acting simply as aloc to secure the material upon the tongue, in case the material shouldwork toward its point, or, in other words, to revent the tie fromworking off toward the Ieft after pressure upon the tongue has beenremoved. In this way the device operates to hold the tie securely inposition, and prevents its rising on the collar or shifting in anydirection laterally. The tie may be readily disengaged from the deviceby pushing the tongue outwardly; this movement of the tongue beingaccompanied by a shifting of the tie so as to disengage it from thespur.

The application of the device is most conveniently effected by takingthe finger piece 7 between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand.

In Fig. 2, I show a slightly modified form of the device, in which thefinger piece 7 is represented in a somewhat enlarged form. This fingerpiece, instead. of being formed simply by doubling the material uponitself, as illustrated in Fig. 1, is formed by bending the materialbeyond the lip 4 forwardly, then laterally and then rearwardly, so thata substantially rectangular eye or loop 12 is formed. Beyond this loop12 the shank 8 is formed, which projects forwardly or outwardly andslightly upwardly as in the preferred form. In other respects, this formof the device is identical to that first described.

In Fig. 3 I illustrate another form which the invention may take, .whichmay be used with an ordinary standup collar such as that shown in Fig.1, but which is especially adapted for use with turned-over or rolledcollars. In this form, a socket 13 is formed at substantially the samepoint on the body.

of the device, but the socket opens toward the side instead ofdownwardly. In order to produce this form of the device, a bar 14 isformed which corresponds to the arm 5 referred to above. At oneextremity this bar is bent around so as to form the yoke or socket 13.Beyond the yoke an upwardly disposed inclined extension 15 is formed andthe wire forming this extension is doubled upon itself and enlarged atits end so as to form a finger piece 16. The outer extension 17 of thisfinger piece is bent along the inner extension so as to conform to thesame, and then bends around the yoke, near which it is bent forwardly soas to form a shank 18 which is turned upwardly and inwardly to present aspur 19 which is opposed to a tongue 20 formed by bending the extremityof the bar 14 as shown. After it is applied, this device is operated inthe same manner as the device described in connection with Fig. 1-. Inapplying it to a turn-over or rolled collar, it is held with the throat21 of the socket 13 opening downwardly, the device being held by thefinger piece 16. It is then forced downwardly so as to bring the shankof the collar button through the throat 21 into the socket; the deviceis then left with the angle between the members 14 and 15 .openingdownwardly; the entire device is swung toward the right when using thisform ofthe device with an ordinary stand-up collar so that it will cometo rest at substantially the position in which it is shown in Fig. 3.

It will be observed that the bar 14 and the extension 15 converge towardthe throat 21, so that they assist in passing the shank of the collarbutton into the socket.

In one aspect, the device may be said to present two pins, one of whichis resilient and is operated so that its resiliency afiords means forimpaling and holding the material of the tie upon the other pin.

The device may take the form shown in i Fig. 4; with this modificationthe wire is bent to form a socket or yoke 27 which is to be forced downover the shank of the collar button. On each side of the socketdownwardly inclined extensions or lips 28 and 29 are formed; the latteris somewhat enlarged to form a finger piece as shown and is then bentupwardly so as to presenta forwardly projecting shank 23 near the levelof the socket and in a horizontal plane. This shank is bent inwardly ina horizontal plane to form a spur 25 which terminates just in front ofthe socket.

The lip 21 is extended laterally to form a bar 24 which is bentforwardly upon itself to form an inwardly projecting tongue 26. Thepoint of this tongue lies adjacent to the point of the spur. It will beunderstood that both the spur and the tongue are in a hori- Zontal planeand both project or incline inwardly toward the socket. The manner ofapplying the device when of this form, is very similar to that describedin connection with the preferred form, each point tending to hold thetie in engagement with the opposite point. 3

Special attention is called to the relative position of the tongue 6 andthe spur 9 with respect to each other; the essential feature here isthat the spur is disposed more or less transversely of the tongue, sothat when the tongue is displaced, its resiliency tends to move itlaterally toward the spur to impale the material as described above. Thefingerpiece 7 is very useful in affording a place for grasping thedevice in the fingers in applying or removing it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A holder for a hand-tied tie having means for attaching itself to thecollar button, having a short projecting spur and having a long tongueextending transversely with respect to said spur and adapted to bedeflected laterally from said spur to engage its point in the tie, theresiliency of said tongue operating to impale the tie on said s ur.

2. A device of the class described formed of wire bent to form a socketadapted to engage the shank of a collar button, the material on one sideof said socket being bent to form a laterally extending arm, said armssssec 3 being bent inwardly to form a tongue proand being resilientWherebyit may hold the j ecting substantially across the front of saidmaterial of the tie impaled on said spur. socket, the material on theopposite side of In testimony whereof I have signed my said socket beingbent so as to form a finger name to this specification in the presenceof 5 plilecek 1nd hszaivingg1 gnforwardly prgjeizltinlg two subscribingWitnesses.

s an eyon sa1 er iece, sai s an terminating in a poiri ted spur havingits LOUIS SONE' point lyin near said tongue and projecting Witnesses:transverse y thereof, said tongue being F. D. AMMEN,

10 pointed to engage the material of said tie, JNO. M. RITTER.

